Join the CA Community - afloat & ashore

Check out the Sections below to find a Cruising Association group near you, check out the events they’re running and find their contact details.

'Cruising Sections’ cover sea areas whilst ‘Local Sections’ are UK-based. There’s also an Antipodean Section for members ‘down under’ and a Motorboat Section for those cruising in motorboats.

When you join consider signing up to at least two Sections, one near home and another where you want to cruise. You can join as many Sections as you like – it’s FREE - and there are opportunities to get involved in events and discussions most relevant to you and your cruising.

Cruising Sections use dedicated online forums to exchange information. As a CA member you can access any forum at any time, whether you’re a Section member or not. You can even set up automatic forwarding of posts from any forum and the ‘cruising mode’ helps you control receipt of emails when airtime might be expensive or bandwidths restricted.

Cruising Sections

Baltic

Covers the Baltic Sea, Norway, Iceland, Greenland and Faroes. Holds a popular introductory seminar every spring.

Biscay

Covers Western France, Spain and Portugal as well as crossing Biscay. Holds a popular introductory seminar every spring.

Blue Water

For those sailing outside of European waters. Holds a popular Blue Water seminar in the summer.

Celtic

Covers waters from Land’s End to Cape Wrath. Meets at various west coast venues to share knowledge on all aspects of cruising the region.

Channel

For those cruising the south coast of the UK, Channel Islands, and France from the Belgian border to NW Brittany. Holds an annual seminar and summer rally/cruise-in-company.

European Inland Waterways

Covers over 30,000 km of navigable rivers and canals passing through over 20 countries. Annual seminar and lunch each autumn at CA House.

Mediterranean

Covers the Mediterranean from Spain and Morocco in the west to the Levant in the east, and includes the Black Sea. Meets at CA House in the winter, and afloat in the summer.

Motorboat

The Motorboat Section aims to bring together motorboaters where ever they are and whatever type of motorboating they enjoy.

North Sea

Covers the UK, Belgian and Dutch coasts. Meets at East Coast venues to share knowledge on all aspects of cruising the region.

Local / UK Sections

Antipodean

For members who live in Australia and New Zealand and who sail in the Northern Hemisphere.

CA London

CA London events are held at our Limehouse HQ.

Essex

Meetings held at Blackwater Sailing Club and mid-week lunches arranged.

Kent

Kent Section's 'Winter Warmers', talks by a variety of speakers, will be held via Zoom for the forseeable future.

Solent

Summer rallies with weekend meets. Winter talks with ‘club’ suppers usually at a Hamble yacht club or marina.

South West

For members living in or cruising the areas from Portland Bill to the Isles of Scilly and along the north coast of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset to Bristol.

Suffolk

Joint meetings are arranged with the Royal Harwich Yacht Club at Woolverstone.

Thames Valley

Winter talks are held in partnership with the Gerrards Cross Sailing Association (GXSA) at Colston Hall at The Memorial Centre in Gerrards Cross.

Wessex

Talks are held at Lilliput Sailing Club, Poole.

Forthcoming Section Events

Non-members are welcome to attend

South Caribbean and a Panama Canal Transit, Wolfgang Ansorge
Date: 05/11/2025

GXSA members Wolfgang and Elizabeth celebrated a special occasion with a fine cruise on a 4 masted barquentine from Barbados, taking in Tobago Cays, Grenada, Cartagena,...

Cruising Beyond the Horizon: Adventures of an Old Sea Dog, Barry Perrins
Date: 06/11/2025

The South West Section of the Cruising Association are proud to have Barry Perrins as their guest speaker to share highlights of his experience and learning as we focus on...

South West Section Falmouth Supper
Date: 08/11/2025

Join us for a CA Social buffet supper at Falmouth Marina this autumn. It will be our third event this year since relaunching in April and two members of Team SW will be...

Cruising through Croatia, Elizabeth and Charles Thorp
Date: 12/11/2025

Charles and Elizabeth brought their Westerly Ocean 33 across France to the Med. After exploring Spain, France and Italy, they arrived in Croatia in 2015. Then to Greece...

Sailing Down Under by CA member Roger Lloyd
Date: 13/11/2025

This will be an evening of photos and reminiscences of sailing in Australia & New Zealand. Roger has crewed on his friend's S&S 51' around Tasmania twice in the VDL cruises, and also across...

Harbour Master Sailing Challenge
Date: 15/11/2025

Harbour Masters, those men and women who keep our harbours open and seaways safe, are often the unsung heroes of the sailing community. This is their story. In 2019 Mark Ashley-Miller set off in...

Antarctica – In the Footsteps Of Shackleton
Date: 18/11/2025

In 2022/23 Andy Beharrell sailed from Tenerife to Antarctica via the Falklands, South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands. During the course of this trip he visited a number of the places where...

Our Albanian adventure, Cath Bruzzone
Date: 19/11/2025

Sitting between the very popular Greek and Croatian cruising areas and the rising star of Montenegro, Albania has a way to go before it can offer the delights of typical...

Antarctica, in the Footsteps of Shackleton, Andy Beharrell
Date: 19/11/2025

In 2022/23 Andy sailed from Tenerife to Antarctica via the Falklands, South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands. He visited some of the places where Shackleton went as...

Beaujolais Nouveau evening
Date: 20/11/2025

Beaujolais Nouveau evening When: Thursday 20 November, 7pm Where: Venue: Royal Airforce Yacht Club The 3rd Thursday in November is one of the most exciting dates in the wine calendar,...

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